| ADUMBRATIVE | • adumbrative adj. Of or pertaining to adumbration. • ADUMBRATIVE adj. with the character of a sketch or outline. |
| ADVENTURISM | • adventurism n. The behaviour of an adventurer; risk-taking. • adventurism n. (Politics) The taking of excessive risks by a government in their political, economic or foreign affairs. • ADVENTURISM n. improvisation in the absence or in defiance of accepted plans or principles. |
| ANIMADVERTS | • animadverts v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of animadvert. • ANIMADVERT v. to comment critically on; to censure. |
| DECEMVIRATE | • decemvirate n. A group of ten people, especially (politics) a council of ten men sharing office or power and particularly… • DECEMVIRATE n. the office of decemvir. |
| DEFORMATIVE | • DEFORMATIVE adj. tending to deform. |
| DEPRAVEMENT | • depravement n. (Archaic) Depravity; corruption. • DEPRAVEMENT n. (archaic) vitiation. |
| DEPRIVEMENT | • deprivement n. Deprivation. • DEPRIVEMENT n. the act of depriving. |
| DEVOURMENTS | • devourments n. Plural of devourment. • DEVOURMENT n. the act of devouring. |
| DIVEMASTERS | • divemasters n. Plural of divemaster. |
| DIVERGEMENT | • divergement n. (Archaic) divergence. • DIVERGEMENT n. the act of diverging. |
| DIVORCEMENT | • divorcement n. (Obsolete) Divorce; dissolution of a marriage. • divorcement n. (Figuratively, psychology) Complete detachment or disunion. • DIVORCEMENT n. the act of divorcing. |
| DUUMVIRATES | • duumvirates n. Plural of duumvirate. • DUUMVIRATE n. government or control by two people. |
| IMPROVIDENT | • improvident adj. Failing to provide for the future; reckless. • improvident adj. Incautious; prone to rashness. • IMPROVIDENT adj. lacking foresight, thoughtless, also UNPROVIDENT. |
| MAIDSERVANT | • maidservant n. A female servant; a maid. • maid-servant n. Alternative form of maidservant. • MAIDSERVANT n. a female servant. |
| OVERMATCHED | • overmatched adj. Outclassed; unable to compete. • overmatched v. Simple past tense and past participle of overmatch. • OVERMATCH v. to be more than a match for. |
| OVERMODESTY | • overmodesty n. Excessive modesty. |
| OVERMOUNTED | • overmounted v. Simple past tense and past participle of overmount. • OVERMOUNT v. to rise above. |
| OVERTRIMMED | • overtrimmed v. Simple past tense and past participle of overtrim. • OVERTRIM v. to trim too much. |
| OVERTRUMPED | • overtrumped v. Simple past tense and past participle of overtrump. • OVERTRUMP v. to trump with a higher card than the trump already played. |
| REMOTIVATED | • remotivated v. Simple past tense and past participle of remotivate. • REMOTIVATE v. to motivate again. |